PRO-7 receives 50 steam inhalation kits from Cebu City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) received 50 steam inhalation kits from the Cebu City government on Tuesday morning, May 19, 2020. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of PRO-7,…

In Cebu City, around 89 percent of COVID-19 cases are from densely populated areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Densely populated areas in Cebu City are big contributors to the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here. Data compiled by Cebu Daily News Digital showed that double-digit reports of additional…

Senior Citizens’ financial assistance distribution planned on second week of May

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government targets the distribution of the senior citizens’ financial assistance by the second week of May 2020. The two-month delay of the distribution was due to the implementation of the…

Second wave of relief goods to include low income, low middle class Cebu City residents

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The second wave of the relief aid from the Cebu City government will no longer just be for the poorest of the poor. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said in an interview with…

Available quarantine centers needed to facilitate transfer of Sitio Zapatera patients

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Until the quarantine facilities in Cebu City will start accepting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, infected residents in Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz, Cebu City will have to remain in home isolation. The…

House-to-house distribution of elderly’s cash aid

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Instead of using cash cards, the Cebu City government is planning for a house-to-house distribution scheme for the senior citizens’ financial assistance. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella announced on Monday, April 13, 2020,…

Cebu City targets 200K families for rice assistance

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Government is now targeting around 200,000 families who will benefit from the free sacks of rice as assistance due to the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). At a…

Cebu City’s underprivileged to receive sacks of rice this Wednesday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, informal earners in Cebu City can expect to receive the sacks of rice pledged by the city government as assistance due to the threats of the Coronavirus…

Cebu City willing to purchase COVID-19 test kits

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government expressed willingness to purchase Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing kits if it meant widening their surveillance monitoring, and rapidly obtain results. At a press interview, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

No city lockdown, curfew to be implemented — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has reiterated that the city will not be placed on lockdown yet amid the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). But Labella said that the Cebu City government…

50% of requested brgy health workers’ protective gear has arrived

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than half of the personal protective equipment (PPE) has arrived for health workers of Cebu City’s barangays. At a press conference, Councilor Dave Tumulak said over 50 percent of the PPEs they…

19 bus stops identified from SRP to Fuente

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government and the Department of Transportation (DOtr) have identified 19 bus stops along the route of the interim bus service (IBS), which will be implemented in Cebu City on March…

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